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Tw# * . HcCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA Thursday, May 9, 19&5. IcCORMICK MESSENGER Finals At P. C. May 26-28th Published Every Thursday Established June 5, 1902 EDMOND J. McCRACKEN, Editor and Owner at the Post Office at Mc Cormick, S. C., as mail matter of 4fce second class. DP. D. fttt.ton wn,L PREACH SERMON TO GRAD UATING CLASS Card Of Thanks CLINTON. May 2.—Presbyterian Colleee will hold ils fiftv-third commencement here May 26-28th. [Watkins We wish to take this opportunity to express through these columns, our heartfelt thanks and apprecia tion^ to our neighbors, friends and relatives for the many acts of kind ness shown us during the illness and at the death of our beloved husband and father, George Pressly We want to also thank SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year $1.00 Bta Months «. .75 Three Months .50 ■■■ I' I ■ The Rev. Charles Darby Fulton. D. D.. will preach the Commencement Sermon in the First Presbyterian Church on Sunday. May 26th. Dr. Fulton is a P. C. graduate of the class of 1911. and is the son of Dr. T 1%/r S. P- Fulton, a P. C. graduate of Jr arm G-UlCle r or May the class of 1884: both have been * missionaries of the Presbyterian CLEMSON, May 4.—To guide Church in Japan, where the young er Dr. Fulton was bom. Dr. Darby Fulton received his A. M. from the University of South Carolina in 1914. his B. D. from Columbia The ological Seminary in 1915. the de- Leave eTRe s - T * B - from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1916, and D. D. from Presbyterian College in 1924. Since 1932 he has made his busy farmers in essential farm ac tivities in May, extension special ists make these suggestions: Agronomy Do not ruin a good stand of cot ton by chopping it all out. two or three stalks every 8 to 12 inches. For a profitable investment make a side application of nitrogen to home in Nashville, Tenn., and has cotton soon after chopping. been th€ Executive Secretary of the Executive Committee of Foreign our faithful physician, Dr. Work man, and ths nurses for their un tiring services. May God’s richest blessings rest upon you always. The Family. tYl New Plan Made For Employment LAWRENCE PINCKNEY IS DESIG NATED AS AUTHORITY FOR THIS STATE “HER DAY” by A. B. Chapin Plan to put all grain stubble land into soybeans, cowpeas, or velvet Missions Presbyterian Church in beans for hay and soil improve ment. Horticulture Sow tomatoes for July trans planting. Sow cabbage and collard about May 15 for August transplanting. the United States (Southern). There are forty-five Seniors who are candidates for degrees: For Bachelor of Arts—Doris Oleen Ab rams, Goldville; Van Munroe Arn old, Sylacauga, Ala.: Norwood Fleming Baskin, Dalzel; Stella Mulch tomatoes heavily with Viola Beckham, Goldville; Frances straw or leaves to hold moisture Drucilla Butler, and Henry Dray- and prolong fruiting. | ton Dillard, Clinton; George Will- Do not cultivate beans while the * ams Dunlap, Leonard Oscar El- foli&ge is wet. (more, James Edward Graham, and Apply nitrate of soda to garden Winia.m Francis Guess, Rock Hill; oops if not growing well. Do not cut young asparagus too closely; fertilize and manure the bed after cutting season. Agricultural Engineering Sharpen harrow disks for cut ting in cover crops. Use weeder, spike-tooth harrow, or rotary hoe to break crusts form ed over young seedlings. Robert Pickett Hamer, Eastover; William Ralph Holcomb, Tate, Ga.; Annie Lee Jackson, James Carl Johnson, and Furman Ezekiel Jordan, Clinton, Lemuel Allso- brook McCall. Jr., Florence; Jack McCaskill, Clinton; Chalmers Fraser McCutchen, St. Charles; Elizabeth Tolbert Milling, and John Rhodes, Clinton; John Angus B&iuip the two-horse cultivator ® m ^th, North Sydney, Nova Scotia; with disk hillers or small sweeps far early cultivations. Keep working parts of machines greased or oiled as this is cheaper than repairs. I Order repairs and recondition all machinery for the grain harvest. Recondition poultry laying booses. Provide screens for dwellings, milk houses, etc. Insects And Diseases Spray fruit trees for curculio, codling moth, and diseases. Spray pecans with Bordeaux to control scab. Bond apple trees for codling moth by May 15. Control melon anthracnose with 4-4-50 Bordeaux spray. Control Irish potato and tomato diseases and insects with Bordeaux- lead arsenate spray. To avoid serious budworm and .southern cornstalk borer injury, plant corn in lower South Caro lina about May 5; middle South Carolina May 10; upper South Carolina May 20. Arrange for necessary and equipment to fight weevil. Virginia Aiken Spratt,„ and Mary Bonds Workman, Clinton. For the Bachelor of Science— Charles Watson Anderson, Clinton; James Blake. Anderson; Dovle Will ard Boggs, Liberty; Harry Edmund Bolick, Jr., Charleston; Thomas Frank Carothers, Fort Mill; Charles Edgar C''-';on, Atlanta, Ga.; Will iam Jones Clark, Union; Cecil Ben jamin Elliott, Gainesville, Ga.; Robert Franklin Fleming, Jr., Laurens; Robert Denham Hannah, Newnan, Ga.; Alton Wright Harri- ! son, Cairo, Ga.; James Gregg Jeanes, Clinton; Furman Alexander McCracken, Bamberg; Robert Mc Call Perrin, Union; William Doyle Reeder, Walhalla; James Monroe Seagle, Camden; Philip Murry Till er, Jr., Mayesville; Woodrow Tis dale, Bishopville; Joseph Paul Todd, Clinton; and Paul Wilson Yearout, Chickamauga, Ga. x CHARLESTON, May 2.—The United States Department of Labor has just designated the office of Lawrence M. Pinckney, State NRA Comoliance Director, as the au thority who will in the future is sue certificates to employers for the employment of substandard workers, as well as certificates for indq^trial home workers. In the future employers desirous of employing substandard workers or home workers are requested to communicate with Lawrence M. Pinckney, State NRA Compliance Director, 706 Peoples Office Build ing, Charleston, South Carolina, and obtain the necessary applica tions to be executed. After the forms are exesuted, facilities are available for immediate investiga tion by the office of the State Di rector, preliminary to the approval or rejection of such applications. Anyone desirous of employing or of being employes at less than the minimum specified in any approv ed NRA Code, because of physical handicap, must have a certificate authorizing such employment. Complete information in connec tion. with substandard workers can be obtained by addressing this of fice. TXT — Engineers Contact 15,000 In Rural Elec trification Survey Forty-six engineers furnished by the South Carolina ERA and su pervised by L. W. Pollard, director of the utilities division of the South Carolina Railroad commission, and H. M. Thomas, assistant director of the utilities division, have contact ed approximately 15,0Q0 customers, representing a population of around 75,000, and have obtained data pertinent to the rural electri fication survey which was begun February 1. The approximate number of miles covered by the survey to date amounts to about 4,500. The work ers have finished the estimate cost FERTILIZERS I have a supply of the following fertilizers: Royster’s, Armour’s, Planters’. Also a big shipment of Nitrate of Soda and Am- President moma. Quick delivery. D. C. TALBERT McCormick, S. C. material the boll Annual Grazing Crops For The Dairy Farmer Garden Work In May ,cf construction of power lines and i t> 'revenues to be derived there- Jveeps Lrameners Jousy from from 104 projects. These proj- NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLE MENT AND DISCHARGE CLEMSON, May 4.—The home gardener will be very busy in May if he is to have a successful garden, says A. E. Schilletter, extension horticulturist. Successive plant ings, careful cultivation, and prop er protection from insects le*ave the gardener no time to loaf. Mr. Schilletter advises successive plantings of Stowell’s Evergreen, Gentleman, or Golden corn; Bountiful and CLEMSON, May 4.—No single procedure on the dairy farm offers greater possibilities of cutting feed costs and increasing milk flow than country supplementing permanent pastures Bantam with temporary or annual grazing gtringless Greenpcd bunch beans; crops for both winter and summer, Kentucky Wonder and McCaslan says C. G. Cushman, extension, p 0 ie beans; Henderson’s or Wood’s dairy specialist. He advises farmers an d Jackson bunch limas; Carolina to plan for one-half acre for each’poje ii ma s; Clark’s Special, Early mature cow for rotation in such Fortune, and Boston Pickling cu- crops. \ cumbers. He suggests also plant- For summer grazing Mr. Cush-| i ng n0 w of collard, cabbage, coma- man suggests 30 pounds of pearl! to, and celery seed for fall crops. ects touch every county in the state. In addition to the engineers, sev en people are working on the sur vey in the Columbia office of the Railroad commission. Besides the ERA and the Rail road commission, the State High- STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of McCormick. In The Court of Probate*. Notice is hereby given that Mrs. Rebecca H. Barker. Executrix of the Estate of Miss Mary Catherine Hunter, deceased, has this day made application unto me for a final accounting and discharge as way department and the Agricul- Executrix of the Estate of Miss tural extension service of Clemson! Mary Cahterine Hunter, and the WASHINGTON ... Long hours, days, weeks and months of work in ^eteran hospitals all over the United States, by disabfed buddies, come to a focus in May each year as “Buddy Poppy” sales bring in funds, the entire amount of which goes to relief of the disabled Veterans of Foreign wars. Above, is 5-year old Charlott Biddle ot Eaton Rapids, Mich., pinning the first 1935 Poppy on President Roosevelt. Below. A scene in one of the hospita.’s as disabled veterans work making poppies. . . . “Buy a poppy . . .‘by all means.” millet per acre sowed in drill (15 pounds per acre sowed both ways). He .says: ‘•Millet is considered the best for this grazing purpose both by ex perience and by actual test. It will Regarding cultivation his advice includes these items: 1. Do not cultivate beans while the foliage is wet. 2. Don’t cut young asparagus too closely. Fertilize and manure the furnish grazing until frost and bed after you stop cutting. there is no danger of prussic acid poisoning as is the case with Sudan grass or the sorghums. ^ “Some dairy farmers use the tBUoxi soybean, planting in 24-inch 3. When the strawberry crop is off remove the mulch and culti vate. The first runners will give the best and strongest plants. Al low these to take root if you need 4 rows, cultivating twice and broad- more plants. casting pearl millet just before the [ 4. In cultivating, take care not to .second cultivation. Results at the break the roots of shallow rooted j Sandhill Station indicate, however,! vegetables. Cultivation is necessary jthat we may not expect substan-, for keeping weeds in check and to jtf&lly higher yields of milk from!loosen the surface soil when it be- .isuch a system than from pearl. comes compact. ! millet alone; that it is more ex- | Important insects which must be pensive in preparation, seeding and fought now, says Mr. Schilletter, i cultivation; and that it will yield are: the Mexican bean beetle ju> more grazing per acre. | which should be fought with mag- ‘"Hiis system is more successful nesium arsenate; the flea beetle, If divided into two or three lots with Bordeaux mixture and arsen- when intermittent grazing can be ate; the Harlequin cabbage bug, ' practiced, permitting the growth with handpicking and with soap r- t£> recuperate from heavy grazing.” sprays. College are co-operating in mak ing the survey. The survey is plan ned as a preliminary to a further move by the commission to secure funds from the Federal government with which to aid in the construc tion program. According to information from the State ERA office, the general attitude of the people in the rural districts towards the engineers has been very favorable, and most of them are deeply interested in the move to get adequate electrifica tion in rural districts. The people contacted by the representative have expressed an earnest desire for the power that might be re ceived as the outcome of this sur vey and, according to officials, have agreed to use appliances necessary to warrant the construction of these lines. Gov. Olin D. Johnston has been particularly interested in the rural electrification survey. He and Col. J. D. Fulp, South Carolina ERA ad ministrator, recently discussed the electrification program with offi cials in Washington. 6th day of June, 1935, at 10 o’clock has been fixed for hearing of said petition. All persons holding claims against said Estate are hereby no tified to present same on or by the above date. J. FRANK MATTISON. Probate Judge, McCormick County, S. C. April 24, 1935.—4t. WANT ADV. NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS All persons holding claims against Martin Luther Stone, de ceased, late of McCormick County, State of South Carolina, are re quired to present them, duly item ized and verified, to the under signed; and all persons indebted .to said Martin Luther Stone, are re quired to make settlement with the undersigned. MRS. ETTA WITT STONE, Executrix of the Estate of Martin Luther Stone, deceased. tfF YOU ARE AMBITIOUS you can April 16, 1935.—4t. make good money with a Raw leigh Route. We help you get | |. ^ started. No capital or experi- xUDllC ocll6S ence needed. Steady work for right man. Write Rawleigh’s, Box SCE-77-2, Richmond, Va. Made Here Monday TIRES RETREADED—Low prices. Work guaranteed. 24 hour serv ice. Standard Service Station, McCormick, S. C. 666 Liquid - Tablets Salve - Nose Drops checks MALARIA in 3 days COLDS first day. TOMC AND LAXATIVE Judge J. F. Mattison, master, made sales here Monday, as fol lows: John Rainsford and Allene Rainsford, Executors of the Estate j 0 f ji. A. Smith, vs. Ella P. Lank- MULES—I have several mules for ford, S. M. Whitney & Co., and J. I. sale or trade. Jamie L. Smith, Case Co., Inc., 116 acres, to T. B. McCormick. S. C. . j Greneker, attorney, for $200.00. Charle Brown individually and PLANTS FOR SALE—Cabbage, On-; as Administrator de bonis non of ions, Tomato and Collard Plants, the Estate of Mrs. M. J. Brown All Assorted 500 Plants 75 cents, Crawford, et al., vs. Mrs. Addle 1000 Plants $1.25 Prepaid. Sweet Brown Leard, et al.,' 78 acres, to W. Potato, Pepper and Egg Plants. K. Charles, attorney, for $230.00. All Assorted 500 Plants $1.00. 1000 Grace Ellis Pearson, vs. Addle Ellis Hagan and Florine Agnes Ellis. 370 acres, to J. M. Nickles, attorney, for $250.00. Plants $1.75 Prepaid. Good Plants, Prompt Shipment. DORRIS PLANT CO., VALDOSTA, GA. Buy your fertilizer from us. Prompt service assured. Get extra yields and bigger profits with "AA QUALITY FERTILIZERS W. T. STROM and EDGAR PRICE Dealers McCormick, S. C.